Ginny Fuchs looks to qualify for the Olympic Games

Boxer Ginny Fuchs of Kemah moved a step closer Monday to qualifying for the Olympic Games with a victory at the International Boxing Association's continental qualifying tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Fuchs, 28, won a unanimous decision over Sulem Urbina of Mexico and will fight March 17 against Ingrit Lorena Valencia Victoria of Colombia. The winner of that semifinal bout will earn a spot in the Olympics in the women's 112-pound flyweight division.

If Fuchs, who defeated 2012 Olympic medalist Marlen Esparza of Houston in USA Boxing's Olympic Trials last year, does not win her next bout, she will have another chance to qualify for the Olympics at the World Boxing Championships in May in Kazakhstan.